Welcome to the coaching section of Scottish Rugby's website.

Here you can find informtion on getting started in your coaching career and courses and updates to help develop you as a coach.

RugbyReady. As a coach, player, referee or administrator we all have a duty of care to ensure that we participate in the game in as safe a manner as possible. As such we recommend that everyone involved in the game at all levels completes the self check safety resource produced by the IRB - RugbyReady. Scottish Rugby was proud to assist the IRB in the production of this quality resource - please encourage all at your club and school to become RugbyReady.

http://www.irbrugbyready.com/irbrr/en/home8.jsp

Coaching qualifications. The SRU runs many coaching courses aimed at all levels of the game. Our aim is to ensure that every player from mini to adult has the oppertunity to develop to their full potential by receiving coaching from qualified, up to date coaches who are continually seeking to improve their coaching knowledge, skills and attributes.

Our courses range from Foundation level for Mini coaches (primary school age) through to the new UKCC programmes at levels 1,2 and 3.

Details of the courses on offer can be found on the corresponding pages

We also run a series of Coaching Updates throughout the season on various topics around the country - these updates are designed to enable coaches to continually develop their technical knowledge and gain new ideas for their coaching.

To assist teachers and coaches at all levels we offer free coaching downloads on a variety of topics which can help provide ideas and session content.

Scottish Rugby is conjunction with the UKSCA is proud to have launched the SRU/UKSCA Level 1 Weightlifting course. Details of this course and other Strength & Conditioning courses are available on the Strength & Conditioning sub page.

Throughout the country there exists a coaching network of Local Authority Coaching Development Officers who can assist in helping coaches develop including providing Financial Scholarships for course fees. Contact details can be found on the Network Contact page.

Coaching opportunities is a page dedicated for clubs seeking coaches and coaches seeking clubs. Please see the page for further information on this service.

Please use the links on the left of this page to navigate round the coaching pages.

Should you have any further enquiries about any of our coaching courses please contact our Coach Education Administrator by email on This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Your contribution as a coach at whatever level is greatly valued and we thank you for your time and effort in growing our game and developing Scotland's players.

Be the best coach you can be - your players deserve it!

Jock Peggie

UKCC Development Manager

Scottish Rugby